He'll be here in spirit - community erects memorial plaque on Buddy the Roundabout Dog's favourite chillout tree - video Dailymotion

Shiney Row residents have created a fitting memorial for Buddy the Roundabout Dog.

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00:00One, please.

00:30Okay, then Jonathan, we're here with Sheniro Roundabout, obviously where Buddy became known

00:39as Buddy the Roundabout dog, so just why did Buddy used to love this place so much?

00:44It was his favourite chill-out place, he used to, like, coming up here, he would just sit

00:50on the bank and he would just watch people, you know, I used to watch them, because he

00:56was one of his favourites, people used to bring him treats, so he would look out for them,

01:01and if he recognised them, he would be up, and he'd be down there, in the bags, and he'd

01:08get his treats, and then...

01:11And just what was Buddy like as a character?

01:13Oh, he was placid, he was soft, he'd walk up to anybody just for a stroke, he loved the

01:22attention, and he was a useless garden dog, he got, he, he, I used to, I used to deliver

01:31a newspaper, I still do, and, er, I used to have to leave them outside, at the big market,

01:36because they didn't like him going into the premises, and the students used to untie him,

01:43and walk off with him, and he was that placid, you know, he'd go off with anyone.

01:48And so he used to come here, he used to play with his ball, he used to chill out, is that

01:52what he used to do?

01:53Yeah, he used to, I used to throw the ball for him, he never brought it back, so I used

01:56to have to go over, get it off him, and then throw it back the other way, so, kept me fit.

02:02And so obviously he became quite famous with the local community, and also commuters going

02:06to and from work, so, Denise, I understand you decided to get the plaque made in bunnies on

02:11us, so why did you want to do that?

02:13Yeah, because I knew him as well as Buddy first, but then when I got my dog, he came

02:18round here, and we all seen Buddy with Jonathan, and he came up, the dog loved him, and just

02:24everybody in shiny, potent, everywhere, knew him as a shiny old roundabout dog, and he

02:31was that pleasant, he was just so friendly as well.

02:35And Jonathan, is this going to be sort of a fitting memory, that the fact that the plaque's

02:39going to go on the roundabout, which Buddy loved so much?

02:42Yeah, yeah, I mean, people say now that they go round the roundabout, and they don't see

02:48him anymore, and it's a big miss, and the bus drivers used to see him all the time, and

02:54they used to look out for him, so, even though he's not here, but he'll be here in spirit.

03:00Owen, how do you feel also about the community doing this for Buddy?

03:06I think it's amazing, you know, at the end of the day, he was just my dog, and you know,

03:13I used to bring him where he wanted to go, if he wanted to come here, we'd come here,

03:17if he wanted to go somewhere else, we'd go there, but this was always his favourite place,

03:21and, er, I think he just used to, like, people watching.

03:27I know that's that thought, that's what I was doing.

03:33Thank you, thank you.

03:35Okay, thanks for watching this video.